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WTO notification · TBT

MalaysiaProposed measure, not in force yet

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included

Official title

Amendment to the Table IV of the Fifth A Schedule, Table II of the Sixteenth AA Schedule, Table IA of the Twenty-First Schedule and Table III of the Twenty-First A Schedule of the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985]

Malaysia notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 8 June 2026. The comment period closed on 7 August 2026.

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At a glance

Products

All food (ICS:67), Food preparations for use by infants or young children

HS codes
  • 21 · Miscellaneous edible preparations
    • 210690 Food preparations, n.e.s.
Notifying member
Malaysia
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/MYS/135
Keywords
Food standards

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 7 August 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
Six months from the date of publication

How to comment

The comment period closed on 7 August 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/MYS/135; it can take them up with Malaysia.

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What the notification says

The proposed amendments to the Schedules of the Food Regulations 1985 [P.U.(A) 437/1985] are as follows: To insert new component under conditions for other function claims by inserting L.casei Shirota as a new component including its function claims, minimum amount required and its conditions in the Table IV of Fifth A Schedule; To insert new optional ingredient in formulated milk powder for children by inserting 2’-Fucosyllactose (2’- FL) and its specified maximum nutrient levels in Table II of Sixteenth AA Schedule; To insert new optional ingredient in infant formula by inserting 2’-Fucosyllactose (2’- FL) and its specified maximum nutrient level in Table IA of the Twenty-First Schedule; and; To insert new optional ingredient in follow-up formula by inserting 2’-Fucosyllactose (2’-FL) and its specified maximum nutrient level in the Table III of the Twenty-First A.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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